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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Going after the kids... really Jesuits... really?[/quote]

This student KNOWINGLY sent false information as part of his application.  If he genuinely did not realize (at age 17 or 18) that that was FRAUD, then he was NOT qualified to attend any university in this country.

The universities need to do the right thing here and rescind the admission of any student who KNEW about the false information on their applications, even if the student claim that they were too naive or dense to realize that it was FRAUD.

Good kids at age 17 or 18 know right from wrong.
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True, but there are gray areas here.  I recall from my own high school days (many decades ago now) that some kids do embellish, exaggerate or outright lie on elements of their applications to make themselves look more competitive.  Should anyone who makes any misstatement on an application have their credits voided?  A classmate of mine who was on the tennis team said he was tennis team captain and got into Harvard.  No one else from our school was applying to Harvard so he knew he wouldn't get caught.  He's now a successful surgeon.   If I tattle on him would Harvard need to rescind his degree due to false statements?[/quote]

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